Abalone Awesomeness!

I picked up these abalone shells for $1 or so at a seaside gift shop over 10 years ago on the northern coast of California in Trinidad and have always loved the patterns and colors and way they reflect light. I thought about burying them part way in some beach sand and using them as a candle holder but for now I just take pictures of them from time to time. I’m not sure if they add color to these or not? Either way I find them to be very cool. I also like how the featured photo looks like the sad face from the theater comedy and tragedy faces. It actually looks like 2 different faces to me. One big one and then the sad face in the chin of the big face. I actually posted some of these before but I managed to make that post disappear somehow? Apparently I abolished my first awesome abalone audition.